Coronavirus: Alberta likely to see increased COVID-19 cases, deaths

On Sunday, the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are slated to arrive in Canada A pivotal point in this pandemic. The first batch of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, 30,000 doses, will be divided between 14 distribution sites across the country. Each jurisdiction has decided who will get the vaccine first, which includes frontline health-care workers and long-term care residents. Shots could be administered as early as Monday. It’s what everyone has been waiting for, but some provinces are still struggling to bring down the number of new infections.

Alberta recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic with 22 lives lost and more than 1,700 new infections reported in that province. Alberta has more than a quarter of Canada’s active cases despite having only 12 per cent of the country’s population. And that has forced the government to implement new restrictions. As Heather Yourex-West explains, hospitals can still expect an increasing number of patients and families can expect to see more loved ones die.

Ontario is set to begin its first round of COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday, but there are still not enough doses to go around to everyone. It will be months before the true scope of this national vaccination plan will be realized. That has health experts and politicians warning Canadians not to let their guard down. Morganne Campbell reports.

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